Expressway 40 (South Korea)

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	Expressway 40 in South Korea
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	Basic data
Operator:	Korea Expressway Corporation
Start of the street:	Pyeongtaek
End of street:	Jincheon
Overall length:	116 km
of which in operation:	92 km
of which under construction:	24 km
Thu ( province ):	Gyeonggi-do; Chungcheongbuk-do;

The Expressway 40 also known as Pyeongtaek-Chungju Expressway ( kor. 평택 제천 고속도로 ) is a freeway in South Korea . The highway is a relatively short east-west route in the west of the country, between Pyeongtaek and Jincheong , south of the urban area of Seoul . The route is 57 kilometers long.

Street description

The highway begins about 20 kilometers west of Pyeongtaek at an intersection with Expressway 15 . From here the motorway runs eastwards, through a flat surface. The road here has 2 × 3 lanes and a junction with Expressway 17 will soon follow . The highway then runs north of the city of Pyeongtaek, parallel to a highway with 2 × 2 lanes. On the east side of Pyeongtaek there is a junction with Expressway 1 . The highway then runs south of Anseong . Then the highway crosses a low mountain range and ends north of Jincheong on Expressway 35 .

history

The highway is relatively new as several large cities, ports, and industrial areas were built south of Seoul in the 1990s. Construction began in 1997 between Pyeongtaek and Anseong. On December 12, 2002, the section between Pyeongtaek (Expressway 15) and Anseong opened with about 26 kilometers. On August 31, 2007, the Anseong South Bypass was opened, about 10 kilometers away. Construction on the eastern part of the motorway also began in 2007. On November 11, 2008, the section between Anseong and Jincheon (Expressway 35) opened with a length of around 21 kilometers.

Opening dates of the motorway

from	to	length	date
Pyeongtaek	Anseong	25.8 km	12/12/2002
Anseong West	Anseong South	10.2 km	08/31/2007
Anseong South	Daeso	21.4 km	11/11/2008
Daeso	Chungju	27.9 km	08/12/2013
Chungju	Chungju East	17.7 km	10/31/2014
Chugju East	Jecheon	23.9 km	06.30.2015

future

The highway will be built further east to Jecheon , with a distance of approximately 69.5 kilometers. This project should be completed in December 2014. There are seven tunnels and 83 bridges in this project.

Traffic volume

The volume of traffic on the motorway is very low and is around 14,000 to 30,000 vehicles per day.

Expansion of the roadways

from	to	length	Lanes
Pyeongtaek	Song tang	20 km	2 × 3
Song tang	Anseong	6 km	2 × 4
Anseong	Chungju	60 km	2 × 2

Web links

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Korean)
Wegenwiki (Dutch)